Disclaimer: I don't own any recognizable characters mentioned in this non-profit Non-copyright infringement..-ing fic. If I did...Hunter and Dustin would be in my closet.
Author's Note: Heads up! This is my first Ranger fic. Um...i'm also looking for a BETA for this story. Mostly to check that everyone's in character and the usual :o
Review Replies: Whispering Ranger, thanks for the review! Mmm...thanks! I'm glad you like it! In character? Wow, thanks! Lol, that's the point, everyone's seen Star Wars except for him XD I will definately continue. So here's chapter 2. FictionwriterD , I had fun writing dustin in his moment of word lost, so i'm glad you like it. Lol, you get a cookie for that :D (fluffy..yes, I wan't to go through out their relationship but I don't think I can write a decent lemon and I dont wanna try and make it terrible XDD)
"Hey, Hunter?"
"What?" His response may have been curt but he was walking back and forth between the back and the front of the shop to restock, with Dustin in tow the entire time.
"You never told me how you liked the movies" He pointed out as he pointed a finger at the crimson and black clad back. When he and Hunter had finished watching the movies the thunder ranger didn't say anything beyond 'Cool'. Dustin doubted he thought so, for real, because Hunter just seemed like a different type of action flick kind of guy. Though he could be wrong and in most cases he was.
"I told you they were cool...all what…six of them" he answered slowly as he had to recall the number of movies they had watched that day.
"Yeah right dude, you totally hated them"
"I did not" Hunter protested with a soft sigh, sure he didn't particularly enjoy sitting on his ass for over twelve hours watching a space action flick but none of the movies were bad. He opened a tall long box full for surf boards, good thing to; the shop had just sold their last one to some beach babe. "Give me a hand at least" He commented as he grabbed four boards and walked out to the front of the shop.
"So then you like get what I mean about Sensei being a Jedi right?"
"Yeah" Hunter put the boards upright on the racks then turned to grab the ones...scratch that, the one Dustin grabbed that was securely placed under his arm. "You couldn't grab one more?"
"One more what?"
"Surf board bro"
"Oh, sorry dude, I wasn't really paying attention"
"It's fine"
Hunter put the one board back up and went to get the rest. Dustin eventually got bored with walking back and forth and settled for finishing off his bike. His precious bike was really messed up and the wind ranger bit his lip while he tried to figure out where to start.
"You really trashed your bike, why don't you just get another one?"
"I can't 'just get another one' Shane"
"Then how long do you think it'll take to fix up?"
"I don't know dude...a couple of weeks maybe"
Shane walked over and sat on the table next to the back tire of the bike. When he looked at the aftermath of that wipeout he wore a distant look in his eyes as he remembered. Dustin had been doing a few laps around the track and after a few hours he stopped to talk him and Hunter about doing some trick he saw on TV. Shane didn't remember the name or where the yellow ranger saw it but he did remember the nasty spill and the wrecked bike that was at least a hundred feet away where it was stopped by an unmoving tree. It kind of reminded him of the time he attempted to ride a dirt bike but he was a lot closer to the ground. Well, thanks to ninja training Dustin landed on his feet as appose to his thick skull. The yellow ranger would probably mention that it was too bad that his bike didn't have ninja training.
"...so you get it?"
"Huh? Yeah"
"Dude, if you don't know, that's okay"
"Coming from you?" Shane muttered as he looked away with an affectionate smile and scratched his head. He'd always been close to Dustin and Tori, like they were his brother and sister but now with Hunter and Blake in the picture their bond, he felt, was getting stronger, between all of them.
"Who else is it coming from Shane, look wanna give me a hand?"
"Rather not man, remember the last time I got my hands on a dirt bike"
Dustin looked at him with a blank face then started laughing; Shane could have sworn he saw the light bulb above the rangers head turned on. "Yeah!"
Shane rolled his eyes. "I'll get Blake, Hunter, Tori whoever is still here to help you out" he offered instead but his suggestion fell on the def ears of his hysterical friend.
"...and we like sat there and watched movies"
"Oh, okay"
Tori had to ask, her and Blake were a bit concerned that something had happened but it turned out that they just watched TV.
"Pass me that thing...the wrench"
"What do you need that for?"
"To take this off" Dustin explained as he pointed to a spot on the bike that Tori didn't think looked wrench specific.
"Dustin, I don't think that this is gonna help"
"C'mon Tor, I think if I know anything, it's my bike" He stated with a confident nod as he shook the pliers in the air.
"Okay" As she handed the wrench over as her morpher went off.
"Tori!"
"Blake? What's wrong?"
"We've got a problem at the beach, hurry!"
"Dustin and I are on our way"
"Doesn't Lothor have anything else better to do?"
"Guess not"
Dustin threw the pliers into the box before he and Tori ran out of Storm Chargers, giving Kelly a quick 'See ya later'.
"This guy's just not playing fair!" Shane exclaimed as he held his shoulder, getting to his feet and back in to a defensive stance.
"I heard that" Blake agreed and he helped Hunter to his feet.
"Doesn't matter, we can take this guy, just hold out for Tori and Dustin" The crimson thunder ranger said with a nod of his head.
"We're here guys!"
"Yeah we just...whoa!" Dustin spotted their foe, he looked a lot like the monster with the cityscape all over his face but this guy had houses and man was he ugly. "Well, there goes the neighborhood"
"Okay guys, attack!"
All the rangers followed their leaders command to attack; Tori and Dustin were more effective since they had just gotten there.
"This guy's a piece of cake!" A blue blur announced as the monster fell onto his back.
"Too much of a piece of cake"
"Don't you mean 'too easy'?"
"No, dude, you said-"
"Dustin, Tori watch out!" The two rangers were tackled to the ground by a navy blur just in time to dodge a projectile that blew up about fifty feet away upon contact with the sandy ground. Luckily everyone had left the beach, maybe because it was like six o'clock and cold or maybe because it was the giant monster.
"You guys okay?" Shane asked as he ran up to them.
"Yeah...oh, dude get your butt off me"
"Sorry Dustin" Tori apologized as Blake helped her to her feet then she helped the yellow ranger.
"Hey! If you guys don't mind!" Hunter shouted over his shoulder as he pushed against the monsters twin swords.
"Right!" They all announced in unison as they ran to the crimson thunder ranger's aid. Almost fifteen minutes later the monster exploded, sending purple goo everywhere.
"Ah, yuck! That goon was a total giant Gusher" Dustin complained as he powered down and slowly joined the rest of the group.
"You okay, man?" Blake asked, noticing his obvious limp as he walked over to them.
"I think I sprained my ankle or something" He explained, looking down at mentioned body part with knitted brows. The rest of the rangers powered down and looked Dustin over; from the looks of it he only had that one minor injury.
"Cam'll look at it Dustin." Tori reassured with a small smile, knowing that he was fine; after all it could have been worse.
"Okay, let's get back to ninja ops guys" Shane said as he straightened out his red shirt then headed off with all of them.
"Need help?"
"Huh? Uh, no, dude, I got it" Dustin lied as he continued walking forward with a hung head, pain and torn concentration written all over his face. Sand kicked over his sneakers as Hunter came to his side and pulled the wind rangers arm around his shoulders. "I'm just gonna slow you down"
"I'm not in a rush, plus we could probably miss all the techno babble if we walk slow enough" The crimson ranger figured as he moved an arm around Dustin's waist and started walking with him.
"You know, gotta point there"
"Plus, you'll make it worse if you force it" He informed as he took hold of Dustin's left wrist to support him better.
The earth ninja smiled though his pain, "Thanks Hunter"
"Don't mention it"
